N.Y. Civil Service Law § 59-a: Placement of detectives and investigators in classified service

§ 59-a. Placement of detectives and investigators in classified

service. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the

continued, uninterrupted, adequate and efficient operation of detective

and investigative units in local police, correction or sheriffs

departments is necessary for the general welfare of the people; that

such adequate operation involves and requires personnel with highly

specialized ability, skill, training, and knowledge; that local civil

service commissions may decide to classify such positions where they

constitute bona fide civil service positions as evidenced by factors

including enhanced pay, benefits, and dignity of position; that while

competitive examination has been deemed practicable for certain

detective and investigator positions, to require such examination for

valid appointment of current long standing employees would irreparably

disorganize detective or investigative operations, endanger the public

safety, interrupt the continuity and effective performance of important

investigatory operations.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any provisions to

the contrary contained in any general, special, or local laws, any

person holding a permanent competitive class appointment as a police

officer, correction officer of any rank or deputy sheriff in a police

force, police department or sheriffs department in a jurisdiction other

than a city with a population of one million or more or the state

department of corrections and community supervision, who was serving in

a detective or investigator capacity, as designated by such police

force, police department or sheriffs department, on the date such

position was classified by the local civil service commission having

jurisdiction and for at least eighteen months immediately preceding such

date, shall receive a permanent appointment to a detective or

investigator position, in such title as may be properly classified by

the local civil service commission having jurisdiction, without further

examination or qualifications and shall have all the rights and

privileges of the jurisdictional class to which such position may be

allocated.